Ex-Libris: A Novel
by Ross King
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- ISBN 10
- 0802733573
- ISBN 13
- 9780802733573
- Seller
-
Seattle, Washington, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Synopsis
A cryptic summons to a remote country house launches Isaac Inchbold, a London bookseller and antiquarian, on an odyssey through seventeenth-century Europe. Charged with the task of restoring a magnificent library destroyed by the war, Inchbold moves between Prague and the Tower Bridge in London, his fortunes—and his life—hanging on his ability to recover a missing manuscript. Yet the lost volume is not what it seems, and his search is part of a treacherous game of underworld spies and smugglers, ciphers, and forgeries. Inchbold's adventure is compelling from beginning to end as Ross King vividly recreates the turmoil of Europe in the seventeenth century—the sacks of great cities; Raleigh's final voyage; the quest for occult knowledge; and a watery escape from three mysterious horsemen. A Book Sense 76 pick
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Details
- Bookseller
- Vandello Books, Member IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 062123009
- Title
- Ex-Libris: A Novel
- Author
- Ross King
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 0802733573
- ISBN 13
- 9780802733573
- Publisher
- Walker & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001-01-01
- Keywords
- Rose City 2023
Terms of Sale
Vandello Books, Member IOBA
Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.
About the Seller
Vandello Books, Member IOBA
About Vandello Books, Member IOBA
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